Olympic Stadium; our day in court
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They read the Concession Agreement with West Ham and said we want a deal like that. Deal collapsed because they didn't offer Vodaphone enough cash to name the stadium. It should have been kept secret, you were warned this would happen Mr troublemaker @PragueAddick.PragueAddick said:
Exactly.Stig said:Both Vodafone and West Ham have confirmed the decision is in no way connected with the HMRC investigation into some of the club’s transfer dealings. It is understood that Vodafone’s decision was based solely on “commercial reasons”.
Ha ha, the old 'commercial reasons' bluff. How often to businesses make decisions that aren't for 'commercial reasons'? The big question is, what commercial reasons? Is it because they expect the ongoing investigations to blow up in their faces rendering any naming rights deal unprofitable or is it because the deal makes West Ham such a toxic brand in the eyes of the public that even arch tax dodgers like Vodaphone choose not to be associated with them?
Vodafone are no mugs when it comes to marketing. They only completed this deal a few months ago. Before completion they will have meticulously surveyed the PR landscape, presumably been reassured that the crowd trouble issue had been resolved, and spent a lot of time planning to leverage the positive aspects they could discern. A lot of smart senior people will have worked to argue that case internally, and then spent a lot of time negotiating the actual deal. And then within 3-4 months they pull out. The reason has to be something new that these bright sparks didn't foresee when they did all that work, otherwise they are not so bright, are they? So what's new? Oh.....
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Just in case any taxpayers want to frame and place on the wall over their mantelpiece...
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What a stunning photograph.7
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Premier League 2017-18: West Ham unable to play at home until September.
Probably ask for a rent rebate because of it.4 -
shouldn't be allowed, make 'em play it on 'Ackney Marshes.1
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Is Upton flat? Jumpers for goal posts.0
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Disgraceful. They should demand compensation from the taxpayer2
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Wanna bet they don't?AllHailTheHen said:Disgraceful. They should demand compensation from the taxpayer
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Lord Coe on the ' extraordinary success of the Olympic park', and area. on the Andrew Marr Show a week or so ago. see: at the end of the interview....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p059g8vl .
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In tonight's Sub Standard, the policing costs. Apparently £1,000,000 costs for the Met and West Ham have paid £33k.
A considerable amount less that their premiership rivals.4 -
I think it is disgraceful that West Ham have been deprived of a home game to start the season. Where is the link to the petition?4
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Good luck matePragueAddick said:1 -
I thought it was worth resurrecting this thread for something that might be of interest - particularly to Prague.
Newham Council (one of the poorest in London) has just written off it's £40+ million 'investment' of council tax payers' money in the conversion of the stadium and sought to hide it away in accounts as an 'impairment':
“Impairment totalling £44.4m of a Long Term Debtor in one of the Council’s group undertaking, Newham Legacy Investments Ltd.”
Details here:
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This just highlights what we all believed from the start.micks1950 said:I thought it was worth resurrecting this thread for something that might be of interest.
Details here:
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@micks1950 @PragueAddick is a little busy at the moment but he and the coalition have been aware of this for a couple of days. Moves are in place to get this into the main stream media which will be helped if a lid is kept on this for now. You might want to edit your post until the timings better. @stonemuse it might also helpful to do some editing.
It is a fecking disgrace though!5 -
Unfortunately, as per the link I posted, it's being circulated quite widely by email within Newham and I believe the group behind the email have quite good access to the media - so the horse may have already bolted....?Bournemouth Addick said:@micks1950 @PragueAddick is a little busy at the moment but he and the coalition have been aware of this for a couple of days. Moves are in place to get this into the main stream media which will be helped if a lid is kept on this for now. You might want to edit your post until the timings better. @stonemuse it might also helpful to do some editing.
It is a fecking disgrace though!0 -
Got told about this yesterday by a hamster at work, as I refer to the ground as tax payers park.0
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Ok, cheers. I've just read the article in the local rag now so maybe that particular genie's out of the bottle.micks1950 said:
Unfortunately, as per the link I posted, it's being circulated quite widely by email within Newham and I believe the group behind the email have quite good access to the media - so the horse may have already bolted....?Bournemouth Addick said:@micks1950 @PragueAddick is a little busy at the moment but he and the coalition have been aware of this for a couple of days. Moves are in place to get this into the main stream media which will be helped if a lid is kept on this for now. You might want to edit your post until the timings better. @stonemuse it might also helpful to do some editing.
It is a fecking disgrace though!
Including this little nugget, "A council spokesman added the retractable seating had been “too labour intensive to move” between athletics and football events, while food and beverage funds from West Ham United matches needed to be higher."
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Shall we start the 'Countdown to Gavros' now?4
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The council house is my preferred name for it.guinnessaddick said:Got told about this yesterday by a hamster at work, as I refer to the ground as tax payers park.
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Newham is a poor borough and all Councils have taken significant cuts in budgets of up to 40%. The loss of £44m in the budget would result in Day Centres, transport or social care provision being lost /cut. That's a real 'hammering'.micks1950 said:I thought it was worth resurrecting this thread for something that might be of interest - particularly to Prague.
Newham Council (one of the poorest in London) has just written off it's £40+ million 'investment' of council tax payers' money in the conversion of the stadium and sought to hide it away in accounts as an 'impairment':
“Impairment totalling £44.4m of a Long Term Debtor in one of the Council’s group undertaking, Newham Legacy Investments Ltd.”
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Afternoon all, just to say that as usual social media has moved too fast, so our hope of giving a scoop to a national is already forlorn. Never mind, the more important thing is that we have alerted Mayor Khan's inquiry to this development and they immediately thanked us for it.
Actually I would like to ask you all something arising from the nugget @Bournemouth Addick mentioned. As I read that, it seems to suggest that they did not actually remove the retractable seating for the athletics. Is that right, that they just left it in place? I would very much like to know if that is what happened. Thanks!0 -
Though the football seating cover the running track behind the goals.0
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4859544/West-Ham-face-home-disruption-2022.html
Apologies for the source.
They're trying to block the OLYMPIC Stadium hosting the European Athletics in 2022.4 -
If they block this, they will run into all sorts of problems in my opinion.The Red Robin said:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4859544/West-Ham-face-home-disruption-2022.html
Apologies for the source.
They're trying to block the OLYMPIC Stadium hosting the European Athletics in 2022.3 -
Oh what a shame. They'll probably have to play 46 games that season as well.The Red Robin said:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4859544/West-Ham-face-home-disruption-2022.html
Apologies for the source.
They're trying to block the OLYMPIC Stadium hosting the European Athletics in 2022.
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Gets more disgraceful by the day.BrentfordAddick said:2
